Bottle-seal.



No. 816,489. PATENTED MAR. 27, 1906. I. B. MERGER & H, D. ORCHARD.

BOTTLE SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, 1905.

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BOTTLE SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED APR.8. 1905.

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ISAAC B. MERGER AND HARRY D. ORCHARD, OF BLOOMI NGTON, INDIANA.

BOTTLE-SEAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 27, 1906.

Application filed April 8, 1905. Serial No. 254,615.

To all whom, it may concern.-

- Be it known that we, ISAAC B. MERGER and HARRY D. ORCHARD, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Bloomington, in the county of Monroe,State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-Seals; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable 1 0others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to bottles, and more particularly to closurestherefor, and has for its object to provide a bottle-closure which whenonce placed in operative position will be held against removal, so thatthe bottle will have to be broken in order to remove the contentsthereof, thus preventing the refilling of the bottle. I

Another object is to provide a closure which will embody the abovefeatures and which will be simple of construction and cheap ofmanufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, and it will be understood that changes in the specificconstruction shown and described may be made and that any suitablematerials may be used without departing from the spirit of 0 theinvention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a side elevation of the pres- 3 5 ent invention in operativeposition. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of abottle with the stopper removed, one of the ears being partly brokenaway. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the stopper. Fig. 5 is Referringnow to the drawings, there is shown a bottle 6, having the usual reducedneck 7. Extending upwardly from the neck at diametrically oppositepoints thereof are ears 8, having grooves 9 in their inner faces, andthe bottoms of these grooves lie flush with the upper face of the neck,the inner faces of the ears lying flush with the inner surface of theneck. Formed in the bottoms of the grooves 9 centrally thereof arerecesses 10, which also open through the inner surface of the neck. 5

A cap 11 is provided for the neck, which consists of a plug 12 of a sizeto tightly fit within the neck, though not so tightly as to preventrotation of the cap. The cap also includes a laterally-extending flange13, which when the cap is in operative position rests upon the upperedge of the neck and extends into the grooves 9. Formed in the flange 13at diametrically opposite points thereof are notches 14, which are of asize for the ears 8 to pass therethrough. The plug 12 has a recess 15 inits lower end, and depending from the plug within the recess andcentrally there- 6 5 of there is a boss 16. The formation of the recess15 results in a depending flange 17, which incloses the boss 16, andformed through this flange 17 at diametrically opposite points thereofare slots 1.8, these slots lying midway between the notches 14. Formedin the depending boss 16 there is a slot 19, which extends from side toside there of and which registers with the slots 18. The slots 18 arecontinued into the flange, 13, opening through the lower and outer facesthereof.

Secured at its center in the slot 19 there is a spring bar 20,whichextends outwardly through the slots 18 and lies with its end por-8o tions 21 normally below the flange 13, the resilience of the barpermitting of the movement of its end portions to lie in the slots ofthe flange 13.

When the closure is placed in position upon the bottle, the flange 17 isinserted in the neck of the bottle, the ears 8 passing through the slots14. This operation brings the end portions 21 of the spring-bar 20 intoengagement with the upper edge of the neck, so that these end portionsare forced into the slots of the flange 13, as mentioned, after whichthe cap is rotated to bring the end portions of the bar above therecesses 10, when the end portions will spring downwardly into the re- 5cesses and prevent removal of the cap. It will be readily seen that inorder to remove the contents of the bottle after the cap has been placedin position it will be necessary to break the neck from the bottle.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a bottle having recesses inthe upper edge of its neck at diametrically opposite points thereof, andhaving angular ears formed thereupon, the an- 105 gular portions of theears extending inwardly over the edge of the neck above the recesses, ofa cap having a notched flange said notches of the flange being arrangedfor the passage of the ears therethrough said cap being rotano tableupon the bottle to bring the portions of its flange between the notchesthereof be neath the angular portions of the ears, and spring-tonguescarried. by the cap and ar ranged for engagement in the recesses whenthe cap is in its last-named position.

2. The combination with a bottle having recesses in the upper edge ofits neck and having ears extending upwardly and inwardly over therecesses, of a closure for the neck comprising a cap having a flangeengaged beneath the inwardly-extending portions of the ears, said flangehaving notches for the pas sage of the ears therethrough, andspringeldest tongues carried by the cap and. lying with their endsengaged in the recesses, said flange having slots therein for thereception of the 15 tongues.

In testimony whereof we a'HiX our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ISAAC B. MERCER. HARRY 1). ORCHARD.

l/Vitnesses:

EDGAR SoIsooE, FRED WV. LORD.

